Sutherland Hussey Architects News

RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture 2015

West Burn Lane, St Andrews Scoops UK’s Richest Architecture Prize

4 Nov 2015 – West Burn Lane, St Andrews by Sutherland Hussey Harris has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2015. From a shortlist of twelve projects, all winners of RIAS Awards for 2015 (presented in June 2015), the judges selected West Burn Lane as a clear winner. The award was presented at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland (Doolan Award winner for 2011) by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Ms Fiona Hyslop MSP alongside Mrs Margaret Doolan Hon FRIAS (the late Andrew Doolan’s mother).

21 Oct 2013Edge Hill, Northumberia, north east Englandimage from architects The architecture practice have just recieved planning permission this week for a private house designed in Ponteland, Northumberland.

21 Feb 2013Housing Development in St Andrews, Fife, Scotlandpicture from architects practiceHousing in St Andrews by Sutherland Hussey Architects Sutherland Hussey Architects (SHA) have recently won an architectural competition to design a new housing development in St Andrews for Eastacre Investments. By inviting several firms to develop proposals, Eastacre’s ambition was to select a design that can provide high quality contemporary houses and apartments in the rich and complex conservation area. The West Burn Lane site, located in the heart of the university town adjacent to the School of Psychology and Bute Medical Building, is an important part of the Rigg structure of the medieval plan.

1 Dec 2011MacKenzie Place allotments, Edinburgh, Scotlandpicture by architects After a controversial planning process the MacKenzie Place allotments planning permission received

Central Academy of Drama Extension, Beijing, China 2011- This international architecture practice is shortlisted with 3 local architects for £30m project. More information online soon

6 May 2011Tempelhof Competition, Berlin, Germany – winners, announced May 2011GROSS. MAX. with SHApicture by architectsTempelhof Competition Sutherland Hussey Architects and GROSS. MAX. have won an international competition to transform Berlin’s famous Tempelhof Airport with a new park and associated buildings.

19 May 2011 Two RIBA Awards for SHA in 2011 – one in Scotland and one in England:

V&A Dundee, Scotland – Sutherland Hussey Architects shortlisted – won by Kengo Kumaimage from architects practiceV&A Dundee SHA are located in the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland and have a strong reputation for Arts buildings in the UK and in China.

Over local trout I asked Brian about the commissioning of An Turas. Curiously it started with a meeting in Aberdeen and was to open for the Millennium. The two Charlie’s (Sutherland & Hussey) were engaged with Jake Harvey and a rigorous selection process set up to appoint the other artists.

Since the team came up with the diagram, Calmac have built what Charlie Sutherland calls the ‘Pizza Hut’. This pyramidal-roofed box houses ferry ‘check-in’. Apparently it was never discussed with SHA. It also happens to block views of the shelter from the start of the pier, is rather ugly and spoils photos from the west to boot.

One of the artists overheard locals calling it ‘two walls and a telephone box with no phone’ and others suggested the shelter could be used for a whole range of rather tawdry pursuits. The two Charlie’s call it ‘Hector’s House’ after a local tramp said to frequent its pleasures. These interpretations assist in building up an idea of how the building has been understood and how it may be used. Ed – Adrian Welch.